There’s also a Newark Ohio which is pronounced something like ‘nu-urk’ or even ‘nurk’ by some (the latter I always took as people being silly, but I don’t even know anymore).
I defer to you then. I just know it’s not Booduh like it god damned well should be. Was reminded elsewhere in this thread that we also have a Ne-VAY-duh in Texas, to say nothing of the Native American placenames that almost every state has specifically to fuck with newcomers, even though they undoubtedly moved from a state that has its own examples.
There’s a Newark NJ and a Newark DE.
The Jersey one is pronounced Newurk and the Delaware one is pronounced New Ark. It’s mildly inconvenient.
There’s also a Newark Ohio which is pronounced something like ‘nu-urk’ or even ‘nurk’ by some (the latter I always took as people being silly, but I don’t even know anymore).
The little town in Texas is also “New Ark”.
Some of my other favorites:
Texas
Georgia
Canada (less experience here, tbf)
Texas has so many. Bogota pronounced buh-GO-duh
Arkansas has a Lafayette county pronounced luh-FAY-it even though that county literally borders Louisiana.
Don’t even get me started on Bowie, DeKalb, or Houston.
I’m gonna add one I love trotting out from Oklahoma.
There’s a Miami, Oklahoma. It’s pronounced My-am-uh.
I’ve got about a billion from Oklahoma specifically.
There’s a Miami in Arizona the locals pronounce the same way.
Ah yes. “Hoo-ston” and “How-ston” are definitely both things.
“De-kab” and “De-kalb”
Haven’t run into the Bowie one.
In Texas it’s Boo-wee. That was the man’s name as is the knife that bears it. Outside of Texas people mispronounce it as Bow-ee like Ziggy Stardust.
If you’re talking about David (rest in power) Bowie, then it’s Bow-ee. But the knife is Boo-wee.
That’s some certifiable insane shit.
Arab, Alabama. (Ay-rab)
See also: Lafayette (Le-FAY-it)
When I was there they pronounced it la-FET
Company I work for is based in Buda but everyone pronounces it “byooduh”.
I defer to you then. I just know it’s not Booduh like it god damned well should be. Was reminded elsewhere in this thread that we also have a Ne-VAY-duh in Texas, to say nothing of the Native American placenames that almost every state has specifically to fuck with newcomers, even though they undoubtedly moved from a state that has its own examples.
Lol, that’s what I thought it was until they corrected me on the phone. I don’t live anywhere near there but that’s how they say it to me.